Australia
SYDNEY — A new study by Australian financial services group Suncorp Metway Ltd. that ranked car accident claimants by astrological sign found the most accident-prone were Geminis, closely followed by Taureans and then Pisceans.
Canada
JASPER, Alberta — Three people were killed in two separate avalanches, one in Jasper National Park, the other in the Rockies, authorities and news reports said. A snowboarder was killed when he was caught in an avalanche in the back country of Jasper National Park near the popular Marmot Basin ski area, park officials said Sunday. The two others were killed in another avalanche near Revelstoke, British Columbia, BCTV in Vancouver reported.
China
NEW YORK — The labor rights group accused major U.S. companies of selling toys made in China by badly paid workers who are exposed to dangerous toxins, but The Toy Industry Association denied the charges. About 100 people organized by the National Labor Committee for Human Rights demonstrated outside the annual Toy Industry Association convention in New York.
Colombia
BOGOTA — The United States, which has concentrated military aid to Colombia on the anti-drug struggle but will now help defend an oil pipeline, could upgrade its assistance to the country's war effort, U.S. Ambassador Anne Patterson said in a newspaper interview.
Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE — A policeman was killed in an attack by a group of gunmen on a police station in the town of Petit-Goave early Sunday, police sources said. About 10 gunmen carried out the predawn attack, but their identities and motives are not yet known, the sources said. No arrests have been made.
Kuwait
Kuwait's Cabinet on Sunday accepted the resignation of the oil minister, who had offered to step down to take responsibility for a deadly explosion at an oil field. Adel al-Subaih publicly offered to step down on Feb. 2, two days after the explosion in the Rawdatain oil field killed three Indian workers and a Kuwaiti firefighter.
Liberia
MONROVIA — The armed forces went on the offensive Sunday against rebels whose arrival close by the capital had forced a state of emergency and sent thousands of terrified civilians fleeing, its defense chief said. The government said at least the rebels had killed at least 16 people.
Peru
LIMA — The United States will triple anti-drug funding for Peru, the world's No. 2 cocaine producer, to $156 million this year, while a suspended drug patrol flight program could soon resume, the U.S. ambassador to Peru said in an interview Sunday. "(Anti-drug) cooperation is going to see a tremendous increase in Peru's case with tripled funds. This year that will jump to $156 million," Ambassador John Hamilton told the El Comercio newspaper.
Saudi Arabia
RIYADH — The government expects more citizens to return from Afghanistan, the kingdom's top security official said Sunday, indicating some would face prosecution. Interior Minister Prince Nayef said some Saudis now in custody at home had been in Afghanistan in the past, though not necessarily recently. More than 30 were detained based on U.S.-provided lists, he said.
Sudan
KHARTOUM — A Sudanese appeals court has overturned a sentence of death by stoning for a pregnant Christian woman accused of adultery and has sent the case back to the lower court for fresh sentencing, court documents showed.
Venezuela
CARACAS — President Hugo Chavez said there was no risk of a military coup against his leftist "revolution" and branded as a traitor an Air Force officer who last week urged the armed forces to defy him.
Yemen
SANAA — The government has released 22 Indonesian students arrested in a crackdown on foreign students attending religious schools, a security official said Sunday. Yemen, keen to rid itself of its reputation as a haven for Muslim militants, imposed restrictions last month on foreign students, teachers and Muslim clerics living in the country as part of a drive to combat Islamic extremism.
Zimbabwe
HARARE — A ruling party mob attacked a group of opposition supporters who were preparing for an election rally in central Zimbabwe, setting their vehicle on fire, the opposition said Sunday. Police later forced the cancellation of the rally, which was scheduled to take place Sunday, out of fear that it was likely to degenerate into disorder.A6
DESERET NEWS, MONDAY, FEB. 11, 2002
Australia
SYDNEY — A new study by Australian financial services group Suncorp Metway Ltd. that ranked car accident claimants by astrological sign found the most accident-prone were Geminis, closely followed by Taureans and then Pisceans.
Canada
JASPER, Alberta — Three people were killed in two separate avalanches, one in Jasper National Park, the other in the Rockies, authorities and news reports said. A snowboarder was killed when he was caught in an avalanche in the back country of Jasper National Park near the popular Marmot Basin ski area, park officials said Sunday. The two others were killed in another avalanche near Revelstoke, British Columbia, BCTV in Vancouver reported.
China
NEW YORK — The labor rights group accused major U.S. companies of selling toys made in China by badly paid workers who are exposed to dangerous toxins, but The Toy Industry Association denied the charges. About 100 people organized by the National Labor Committee for Human Rights demonstrated outside the annual Toy Industry Association convention in New York.
Colombia
BOGOTA — The United States, which has concentrated military aid to Colombia on the anti-drug struggle but will now help defend an oil pipeline, could upgrade its assistance to the country's war effort, U.S. Ambassador Anne Patterson said in a newspaper interview.
Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE — A policeman was killed in an attack by a group of gunmen on a police station in the town of Petit-Goave early Sunday, police sources said. About 10 gunmen carried out the predawn attack, but their identities and motives are not yet known, the sources said. No arrests have been made.
Kuwait
Kuwait's Cabinet on Sunday accepted the resignation of the oil minister, who had offered to step down to take responsibility for a deadly explosion at an oil field. Adel al-Subaih publicly offered to step down on Feb. 2, two days after the explosion in the Rawdatain oil field killed three Indian workers and a Kuwaiti firefighter.
Liberia
MONROVIA — The armed forces went on the offensive Sunday against rebels whose arrival close by the capital had forced a state of emergency and sent thousands of terrified civilians fleeing, its defense chief said. The government said at least the rebels had killed at least 16 people.
Peru
LIMA — The United States will triple anti-drug funding for Peru, the world's No. 2 cocaine producer, to $156 million this year, while a suspended drug patrol flight program could soon resume, the U.S. ambassador to Peru said in an interview Sunday. "(Anti-drug) cooperation is going to see a tremendous increase in Peru's case with tripled funds. This year that will jump to $156 million," Ambassador John Hamilton told the El Comercio newspaper.
Saudi Arabia
RIYADH — The government expects more citizens to return from Afghanistan, the kingdom's top security official said Sunday, indicating some would face prosecution. Interior Minister Prince Nayef said some Saudis now in custody at home had been in Afghanistan in the past, though not necessarily recently. More than 30 were detained based on U.S.-provided lists, he said.
Sudan
KHARTOUM — A Sudanese appeals court has overturned a sentence of death by stoning for a pregnant Christian woman accused of adultery and has sent the case back to the lower court for fresh sentencing, court documents showed.
Venezuela
CARACAS — President Hugo Chavez said there was no risk of a military coup against his leftist "revolution" and branded as a traitor an Air Force officer who last week urged the armed forces to defy him.
Yemen
SANAA — The government has released 22 Indonesian students arrested in a crackdown on foreign students attending religious schools, a security official said Sunday. Yemen, keen to rid itself of its reputation as a haven for Muslim militants, imposed restrictions last month on foreign students, teachers and Muslim clerics living in the country as part of a drive to combat Islamic extremism.
Zimbabwe
HARARE — A ruling party mob attacked a group of opposition supporters who were preparing for an election rally in central Zimbabwe, setting their vehicle on fire, the opposition said Sunday. Police later forced the cancellation of the rally, which was scheduled to take place Sunday, out of fear that it was likely to degenerate into disorder.